IPL CRICKET 2010 - Mumbai Indian Vs Rajasthan Royal

IPL CRICKET 2010

Mumbai Indian Vs Rajasthan royal

ANOTHER MASTER STROKE

Tendulkar Guides Mumbai Indians Into Semifinals After 37-Run Win Over Royals

Jaipur: Skipper Sachin Tendulkar scored a masterly 89 off 59 balls to steer Mumbai Indians to their eighth win in the Indian Premier League on Sunday and ensure their qualification to the semifinals.
         Mumbai Indians trounced Rajasthan Royals by 37 runs after scoring 174 for five at the Sawai Mansingh stadium. The home team found the going difficult right from the word go and ended up at 137 for eight the face of some tight bowling and sharp fielding.
          With this win, Mumbai Indians logged 16 points while Rajasthan stayed on 12. Tendulkar (89, 59b, 10x4, 2x6), who got the Orange Cap, found an able ally in the form of Kieron Polard, who struck 25 off 13 balls. Together the duo put on 49 runs off 33 balls for the fifth wicket, which took the visitors to competitive total.
       The Mumbai skipper, who got a reprieve at 45 when Aditya Dole dropped a sitter off Siddharth Trivedi, held the innings together and delighted the Jaipur crowd with some lusty blows towards the end with Trivedi and Shane Watson being at the receiving end. Watson, however, turned out to be the most successful bowler for the hosts with figures of 3-37.
         Jean-Paul Duminy (31, 33b, 4x4) played a good hand too, reconstructing the innings in the middle with Tendulkar, but lost his wicket to Trivedi just when he needed to stay.
         Mumbai Indians were in trouble at the start, losing three wickets inside four overs with only 30 on the board. Saurabh Tiwary (15,9b, 3x4) looked good before he lost his cool and his wicket to Watson, who engaged the left-hander in a war of words before having him caught at fine-leg off a well-directed bouncer.
           Ambati Rayudu failed to get off the mark, falling to a Watson bouncer in the second over of the innings. The Aussie all-rounder accounted for Sanath Jayasuriya earlier in the over, when the 40-year-old lobbed a drive to Abhishek Jhunjhunwala at cover.
         Rajasthan slumped to 11 for three, 34 for four and 62 for five as three batsmen ran themselves out. Zaheer Khan was the pick of the bowlers taking two wickets for 17 runs from four overs. The laft-arm medium-pacer had figures of two for 4 from three overs before getting some stick from Abhishek Raut and Aditya Dole in his last over.
          Dole made 30 off 18 balls and Voges 28 off 27 balls, but both of them came after the damage had been done. Mumbai indians included medium-pacer Dhawal Kulkarni in their playing XI at the expense of Shikhar Dhawan with JAyasuriya coming in for Ryan McLaren. Hosts retained their playing XI from the last game against Kings XI Punjab.
          The tie started 10 minutes late due to smoke over the field, which was caused by insect repellent spayed just before the start of the game.